President Donald Trump is defending his plan to convey a whole lot of 1000’s of Chinese language college students into the nation after dealing with backlash from outstanding MAGA voices.
Showing Monday’s episode of Fox Information’ “The Ingraham Angle,” Trump argued to host Laura Ingraham that he is aware of “what MAGA wants better than anybody else.”
Trump’s declaration comes months after he introduced that he would enable 600,000 Chinese language college students into the USA to review, as his commerce warfare with China and different international locations continues to rumble on.
The dialog kicked off after Ingraham instructed Trump that “a lot of MAGA folks are not thrilled” about his plans for the worldwide college students.
“Why, sir, is that a pro-MAGA position when so many American kids want to go to school and there are places not for them, and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money?” the TV host requested.
“We do have a lot of people coming in from China, and we always have,” Trump replied. “We also have a massive system of colleges and universities, and if we were to cut that in half, which perhaps makes some people happy, you would have half the colleges in the United States go out of business.”
Ingraham responded, “So what?” And Trump doubled down, including, “Well, I think it’s a big deal.”
Not backing down, Ingraham requested the president, “So we’re dependent on China to keep our university system going?”
Trump shot again, “No, not China, but I actually think it’s good to have outside countries.” He then famous that he needs to have the ability to “get along with the world.”
Ingraham went on to say that the Chinese language college students are “not the French,” whereas making the accusation that the Chinese language “spy on us, they steal our intellectual property.”
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“You think the French are better?” Trump requested, to which she replied, “Yeah.”
He then launched into a proof about why he’s “not so sure” he might agree with Ingraham.
“We’ve had a lot of problems with the French where we get taxed very unfairly on our technology,” Trump mentioned. “You know, they put 25% taxes on American products. Look, assuming everyone treats us badly because that’s the way I am, but we’re taking trillions of dollars from students.”
He added, “You know, the students pay more than double when they come in from most foreign countries. I want to see our school system thrive.”
Trump claimed it’s not that he needs worldwide college students in the USA, however quite to “view it as a business.”
After wrapping up his feedback on the college and school system, Trump shifted gears to boast about what he claims to be the origin of MAGA.
“And don’t forget MAGA was my idea,” he mentioned. “MAGA was nobody else’s idea. I know what MAGA wants better than anybody else, and MAGA wants to see our country thrive.”
Regardless of Trump’s prior restrictions on Chinese language college students and sky-high tariffs on the East Asian nation, in response to what he known as China’s unfair commerce practices, the president introduced his plans to supply 600,000 visas to Chinese language college students in August.
The choice, which sparked criticism from his MAGA supporters, additionally got here amid his administration’s controversial sweeping mass deportations of immigrants.
Watch Trump’s look on “The Ingraham Angle” beneath.
